VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-7613
elflint.c in elfutils 0.168 does not validate the number of sections and the number of segments, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.70%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.70%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
elflint.c in elfutils 0.168 does not validate the number of sections and the number of segments, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted ELF file.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.70% probability · 77th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- elfutils project/elfutils · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 2.8% on 21 September 2026 to 1.7% on 27 October 2026.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-xcalloc-xmalloc-cExploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/03/elfutils-memory-allocation-failure-in-xcalloc-xmalloc-cExploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-10Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3670-1/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.